Large number of stem cell lines carry significant DNA damage, say researchers

DNA damage caused by factors such as ultraviolet radiation affect nearly three-quarters of all stem cell lines derived from human skin cells, say Cambridge

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 11, 2022 ~8 min

Racial discrimination linked to increased risk of premature babies

Women who experience racial discrimination on the basis of their ethnicity, race or nationality are at increased risk of giving birth prematurely, according to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 5, 2022 ~6 min


Prostate cancer cases risk being detected too late due to misleading focus on urinary problems, say Cambridge experts

Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and media health

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 4, 2022 ~5 min

Children with rare genetic disorders more likely to be diagnosed with developmental, behavioural and mental health problems

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 3, 2022 ~6 min

Smart lighting system based on quantum dots more accurately reproduces daylight

Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size –

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 3, 2022 ~6 min

AI tackles the challenge of materials structure prediction

Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the current standard,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 27, 2022 ~3 min

Natural clean-up: bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes

A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 26, 2022 ~5 min

Astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ the first stars through the fog of the early Universe

A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first stars and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 21, 2022 ~8 min


School-based mindfulness training programme fails to improve young people’s mental health

A standardised schools-based mindfulness training programme did not help young people’s mental health and well-being overall, but did improve school culture

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 13, 2022 ~5 min

Cambridge research centre puts people at the heart of AI

The University of Cambridge today launches a new research centre dedicated to exploring the possibilities of a world shared by both humans and machines with

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 12, 2022 ~4 min

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